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This study verified the esthetical characteristics and descriptive recognition focused on the major short novels on division in 70's~80's that meaningfully shaped the reality of division of Korea. How the writer recognized the reality of division and how he/she had given the mean was the measure of...

This study verified the esthetical characteristics and descriptive recognition focused on the major short novels on division in 70's~80's that meaningfully shaped the reality of division of Korea. How the writer recognized the reality of division and how he/she had given the mean was the measure of novel recognition of reality on division. As a result, following conclusion was made. Out of presented writings, the ones that covers youth shows the pain and learning of life of faminished kids around the Korean war. In the case of "Soul in the dark" by Kim Wonil and "Wild flower in the memory" by Yoon Heunggil in 70's, and "Youth garden" by Oh Junghee in 80's take the form of recollecting memory of youth at adult stage. But because the writers who could not be free from the political reality and ideological thought could not investigate the objectified reality in density, it could only be historic background. However, because these novels are supplemented by "mature view that is immanent in writers", the meanings of these novels are very big even though the historic world recognition is unclear. "Deep rivers runs far" by Kim Young Hyun and "Father's land" by Lim Chul Woo which illuminate young men's time in 80's tried to find out a way to overcome as the time recognition looking at the world became more concrete and aggressively getting closer to the reality of the contradiction. This is reflection of changing time reality. Descriptive recognition that flows in these novels analyzed is basically the absent-mindedness. Loss of friends, family, and home, this means damaged value. The damaged value presented in these novels gives further historical meaning as they go beyond the other novels on divisions which only present impoverishment of war and anger. Home and society as an individual, and individual as society and history is closely related to presence of history. And it lives on universal value of human dignity. However because of the fact that human dignity was damaged by ideology and political power in certain time rather than personal reasons, presented novels disproove reality of fetters. These days, we follow the traces of the road of fetters. Writers are not free from these hitorical and social obligations. Thus, to have the meaning of novel on division, it is required to have warm gaze of writers to the time and clear drawing of the truth that will recover the damaged value and enable the souls to move.